John Chatfeild-Roberts: Merlin funds 'in good shape' to tackle coronavirus impact

Focus on downside risk

Head of strategy, independent funds at Jupiter Asset Management John Chatfeild-Roberts has assured investors that his multi-billion-pound AUM Merlin range is "in good shape" to weather the storm of ongoing losses in the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

In a short video updating investors on how his team has managed its portfolios through the coronavirus pandemic so far, Chatfeild-Roberts acknowledged there would be "both short- and long-term impacts" of the pandemic, but said his team would do everything it could to mitigate downside risk. JOHCM's Beagles reveals the holdings hit by coronavirus in the £2.8bn UK Equity Income fund He added: "On the short term everyone is worried about companies running out of cash. In the long term you will see changes in the way companies operate their supply lines, and how they operate perh...